Found 3 items, similar to mantle.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: mantle lapisan, mantel
English → English (WordNet) Definition: mantle mantle v 1: spread over a surface, like a mantle 2: cover like a mantle; “The ivy mantles the building” mantle n 1: the cloak as a symbol of authority; “place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders” 2: United States baseball player (1931-1997) [syn: Mickey Mantle , Mickey Charles Mantle] 3: the layer of the earth between the crust and the core 4: anything that covers; “there was a blanket of snow” [syn: blanket] 5: (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell [syn: pallium] 6: shelf that projects from wall above fireplace; “in England they call a mantel a chimneypiece” [syn: mantel, mantelpiece, mantlepiece, chimneypiece] 7: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) [syn: curtain, drape, drapery, pall] 8: a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter [syn: cape]
English → English (gcide) Definition: mantle Mantel \Man"tel\, n. [The same word as mantle a garment; cf. F. manteau de chemin['e]e. See Mantle.] (Arch.) The finish around a fireplace, covering the chimney-breast in front and sometimes on both sides; especially, a shelf above the fireplace, and its supports. The shelf is called also a mantelpiece or mantlepiece. [Written also mantle.] [1913 Webster] mantle \man"tle\, n. [OE. mantel, OF. mantel, F. manteau, fr. L. mantellum, mantelum, a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle (cf. mantele, mantile, towel, napkin); prob. from manus hand + the root of tela cloth. See Manual, Textile, and cf. Mandil, Mantel, Mantilla.] [1913 Webster] 1. A loose garment to be worn over other garments; an enveloping robe; a cloak. Hence, figuratively, a covering or concealing envelope. [1913 Webster] [The] children are clothed with mantles of satin. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] The green mantle of the standing pool. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree. --Burns. [1913 Webster] 2. (Her.) Same as Mantling. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The external fold, or folds, of the soft, exterior membrane of the body of a mollusk. It usually forms a cavity inclosing the gills. See Illusts. of Buccinum, and Byssus. (b) Any free, outer membrane. (c) The back of a bird together with the folded wings. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) A mantel. See Mantel. [1913 Webster] 5. The outer wall and casing of a blast furnace, above the hearth. --Raymond. [1913 Webster] 6. (Hydraulic Engin.) A penstock for a water wheel. [1913 Webster] 7. (Geol.) The highly viscous shell of hot semisolid rock, about 1800 miles thick, lying under the crust of the Earth and above the core. Also, by analogy, a similar shell on any other planet. [PJC]